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[G.Irish]

A note about slower bikes, 500R was perfect for me starting out. Make sure you hold off on group rides for as long as possible, cause you will want to show people your skillz. People don't know what your limits are and will likely have bikes that are faster and can lean more. Both myself and my buddy wrecked on 500Rs doing group rides with siginificantly faster bikes..

I'm sorry Rob but that is hogwash. If you have so little control over your ego that you can't refrain from riding outside of your limits because some other people are faster than you, then you shouldn't be riding period. There is always going to be someone willing to take more risk than you (whether they have the skills to do it or not), but that doesn't mean you have to do the same thing.

The lesson here is not that you shouldn't go on group rides, the lesson is to not out ride your skill level and the conditions on the road. I wouldn't ride with showboating fools anyway but that's not because I would try the same thing, its because I don't want to get taken out because of someone else's mistake/stupidity.